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One other thing-I＊m a bit of a Luddite and not computer logging,so can＊t do the live mapping. Also I＊m a Mac guy-my career in the entertainment business was all Mac; recording studios,graphic design etc. And also doing a lot of SOTA. and POTA I don＊t haul anything extra beyond radio antenna and minimal accessories like coffee. The KH1 is my dream rig and gets lots of use (except tonight!). ?Kinda like Thomas K4SWL- focus on sending and receiving CW. Hope to work a lot of you tonight.? Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 11:04, Dan Presley via groups.io <N7CQR@...> wrote:
? Thanks Dale. And to everyone-I＊d use the old DX philosophy-＆work ＆em first and worry later!＊ Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
On Feb 4, 2025, at 10:59, Dale Putnam via groups.io <daleputnam@...> wrote:
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Yep.. You're correct Dan
Good Luck to you both.. May the Prop Princess be always in ?favor of?you
Have a great day,
Dale - WC7S in Wy
"Actions speak louder than words"
Well as far as I know it＊s N0UR and me,N7CQR. I swapped dates with K4BAI a few weeks ago and I believe Dale made the correction to the schedule. Jim K0UR and I have been in touch so we assume we＊re up for tonight.
Dan Presley 503-701-3871
danpresley@me. com
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> On Feb 4, 2025, at 10:18, Mike Olbrisch <mike-2025@...> wrote:
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> From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dan Presley via groups.io
> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2025 17:47 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [qfox] Apologies
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> Agreed Mike-we＊ll keep everyone guessing. For my part I＊ll be running from the deep left coast with my K4D and delta loop. I generally work up 1-2 KHz and because signals will likely be pretty weak best bet is to spread out. QSB is a perennial issue so we＊ll
deal with that. Speed 20-22 WPM but I＊ll try to match you. Also do not give up early as from out here the band will generally open up again for the last half hour. Good luck!
> Dan Presley 503-701-3871
> danpresley@me. com
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could tell us they are not doing to swap, then swap anyway.? They could say nothing and keep us guessing.? I'm betting on that.
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>> Maybe we can start a Pool!? ?
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>> Little things like this happen all the time.? No harm, no foul.? I can't see how knowing who is at what end of the band would be much of an advantage.? You still need to find them, then hear them, then get them to hear you.? You still need to hear the call
sign to make sure it isn't some other signal......
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>> That's tomorrow night....... plenty of time to screw things up and still make it to the hunt.
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>> Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC.
>> El Paso, Texas - DM61rt.
>> SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager.
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>> From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dan Presley via groupsio
>> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2025 12:54 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [qfox] Apologies
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>> Hi John. Absolutely nothing to explain or apologize for! It＊s just too bad that the schedule didn＊t get updated as we made this swap a while ago.
>> Dan Presley 503-701-3871
>> danpresley@me. com
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Good Luck Dan,? ? Work. em... but ONLY if you hear em... LOL.. of course.? Have a great time,
Thank you for being a fine FOX
One other thing-I＊m a bit of a Luddite and not computer logging,so can＊t do the live mapping. Also I＊m a Mac guy-my career in the entertainment business was all Mac; recording studios,graphic design etc. And also doing a lot of SOTA. and POTA I don＊t haul anything extra beyond radio antenna and minimal accessories like coffee. The KH1 is my dream rig and gets lots of use (except tonight!).? Kinda like Thomas K4SWL- focus on sending and receiving CW. Hope to work a lot of you tonight.? Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com?
?Thanks Dale. And to everyone-I＊d use the old DX philosophy-＆work ＆em first and worry later!＊ Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com?
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Yep.. You're correct Dan
Good Luck to you both.. May the Prop Princess be always in ?favor of?you
Have a great day,
Dale - WC7S in Wy
"Actions speak louder than words"
Well as far as I know it＊s N0UR and me,N7CQR. I swapped dates with K4BAI a few weeks ago and I believe Dale made the correction to the schedule. Jim K0UR and I have been in touch so we assume we＊re up for tonight.
Dan Presley 503-701-3871
danpresley@me. com
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> On Feb 4, 2025, at 10:18, Mike Olbrisch < mike-2025@...> wrote:
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> ?So I am confused now.? What's new, right.?
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> Mike -- KD5KC.
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> From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dan Presley via
> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2025 17:47 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [qfox] Apologies
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> Agreed Mike-we＊ll keep everyone guessing. For my part I＊ll be running from the deep left coast with my K4D and delta loop. I generally work up 1-2 KHz and because signals will likely be pretty weak best bet is to spread out. QSB is a perennial issue so we＊ll
deal with that. Speed 20-22 WPM but I＊ll try to match you. Also do not give up early as from out here the band will generally open up again for the last half hour. Good luck!
> Dan Presley 503-701-3871
> danpresley@me. com
> N7CQR@...
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>> ?Heck - now we know what end Dan and Jim will be in....... or maybe they'll swap to fool us...... or maybe they won't swap to fool the ones who thing they'll swap.? This could get interesting. They could tell us they are going to swap, then don't.? They
could tell us they are not doing to swap, then swap anyway.? They could say nothing and keep us guessing.? I'm betting on that.
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>> Maybe we can start a Pool!? ?
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>> Little things like this happen all the time.? No harm, no foul.? I can't see how knowing who is at what end of the band would be much of an advantage.? You still need to find them, then hear them, then get them to hear you.? You still need to hear the call
sign to make sure it isn't some other signal......
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>> That's tomorrow night....... plenty of time to screw things up and still make it to the hunt.
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>> Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC.
>> El Paso, Texas - DM61rt.
>> SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dan Presley via groupsio
>> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2025 12:54 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [qfox] Apologies
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>> Hi John. Absolutely nothing to explain or apologize for! It＊s just too bad that the schedule didn＊t get updated as we made this swap a while ago.
>> Dan Presley 503-701-3871
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A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split.
More like a DXpedition.? Not fun
But thank you for being a fox
72 John VE3NFK
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I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃. Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:03, John via groups.io <john.turgoose@...> wrote:
? Very unfortunate Dan
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A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split.
More like a DXpedition.? Not fun
But thank you for being a fox
72 John VE3NFK
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Perhaps some sort of flare-there are zero signals on the entire band? Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:13, Dan Presley via groups.io <N7CQR@...> wrote:
? I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃. Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:03, John via groups.io <john.turgoose@...> wrote:
? Very unfortunate Dan
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A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split.
More like a DXpedition.? Not fun
But thank you for being a fox
72 John VE3NFK
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I hear you in VA and 10 other stations
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Dan Presley 503-701-3871
danpresley@me. com?
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:13, Dan Presley via groups.io <N7CQR@...> wrote:
?I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃.
Dan Presley 503-701-3871
danpresley@me. com?
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:03, John via groups.io <john.turgoose@...> wrote:
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Very unfortunate Dan
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A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split.
More like a DXpedition.? Not fun
But thank you for being a fox
72 John VE3NFK
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Okay clearly local noise issues. Sorry folks.? Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:20, Dean, N2TNN via groups.io <N2tnn@...> wrote:
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I hear you in VA and 10 other stations
Perhaps some sort of flare-there are zero signals on the entire band?
Dan Presley 503-701-3871
danpresley@me. com?
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:13, Dan Presley via groups.io <N7CQR@...> wrote:
?I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃.
Dan Presley 503-701-3871
danpresley@me. com?
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:03, John via groups.io <john.turgoose@...> wrote:
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Very unfortunate Dan
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A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split.
More like a DXpedition.? Not fun
But thank you for being a fox
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Dan, you were heard here in Parker, CO. at 559 or better throughout the entire hunt.? You may not have been able to hear us, but there was a huge pack of hounds chasing you throughout the night.? Conditions just were not good at your end.? Thanks for sticking in there until the bitter end.? Being in Colorado I had no trouble hearing not only you, but callers all the way out to the east coast.? A very strange night.
Pete, NO2D
On Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 08:13:27 PM MST, Dan Presley via groups.io <n7cqr@...> wrote:
I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃. Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:03, John via groups.io <john.turgoose@...> wrote:
? Very unfortunate Dan
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A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split.
More like a DXpedition.? Not fun
But thank you for being a fox
72 John VE3NFK
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After reading all of this, I feel fortunate that I made it in at all.? I could tell Dan was struggling with my call, so I repeated each element twice at about 23-WPM and when done he sent RR.? Later I saw his request for stations to QRS＃. But by this time I believed he had me correct in the log.? Dan wasn＊t posting to the Fritz-Map, so I＊ll have to wait to see if I should have made an insurance contact or if it all came through.
It was a good night for 40m in Far West Texas.? I have some improvements to my antennas in mind, perhaps it will help.? Monoband close-coupled dipole just for 80m, then a fan dipole for 60m 每 40m 每 30m.
? Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? ? ?
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Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 20:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [qfox] Tonight? Dan, you were heard here in Parker, CO. at 559 or better throughout the entire hunt.? You may not have been able to hear us, but there was a huge pack of hounds chasing you throughout the night.? Conditions just were not good at your end.? Thanks for sticking in there until the bitter end.? Being in Colorado I had no trouble hearing not only you, but callers all the way out to the east coast.? A very strange night. On Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 08:13:27 PM MST, Dan Presley via groups.io <n7cqr@...> wrote: I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃. ? A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split. More like a DXpedition.? Not fun But thank you for being a fox
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I checked a friend＊s remote station about 10 miles away and his noise level was about 4 S units lower than,so something has changed in my local environment/neighborhood. It＊s typically pretty quiet S3-5 not bad for a city area. Maybe next time＃. Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:37, Dan Presley via groups.io <N7CQR@...> wrote:
? Okay clearly local noise issues. Sorry folks.? Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:20, Dean, N2TNN via groups.io <N2tnn@...> wrote:
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I hear you in VA and 10 other stations
Perhaps some sort of flare-there are zero signals on the entire band?
Dan Presley 503-701-3871
danpresley@me. com?
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:13, Dan Presley via groups.io <N7CQR@...> wrote:
?I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃.
Dan Presley 503-701-3871
danpresley@me. com?
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:03, John via groups.io <john.turgoose@...> wrote:
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Very unfortunate Dan
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A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split.
More like a DXpedition.? Not fun
But thank you for being a fox
72 John VE3NFK
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Sorry for the frustration for everyone tonight. I＊m sure things were chaotic because I simply couldn＊t hear hardly anything,and thus I couldn＊t manage the pileup. I＊ll try to have a different situation for my next run. Sometimes you eat the bear-sometimes it eats you＃.at least I know my signal was radiating!? Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
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On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:51, Dan Presley via groups.io <N7CQR@...> wrote:
? I checked a friend＊s remote station about 10 miles away and his noise level was about 4 S units lower than,so something has changed in my local environment/neighborhood. It＊s typically pretty quiet S3-5 not bad for a city area. Maybe next time＃. Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:37, Dan Presley via groups.io <N7CQR@...> wrote:
? Okay clearly local noise issues. Sorry folks.? Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:20, Dean, N2TNN via groups.io <N2tnn@...> wrote:
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I hear you in VA and 10 other stations
Perhaps some sort of flare-there are zero signals on the entire band?
Dan Presley 503-701-3871
danpresley@me. com?
N7CQR@...
On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:13, Dan Presley via groups.io <N7CQR@...> wrote:
?I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃.
Dan Presley 503-701-3871
danpresley@me. com?
N7CQR@...
On Feb 4, 2025, at 19:03, John via groups.io <john.turgoose@...> wrote:
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Very unfortunate Dan
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A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split.
More like a DXpedition.? Not fun
But thank you for being a fox
72 John VE3NFK
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My thoughts,
Certainly?there would have been more Qs had Dan sent up OR down...? My problem was that many were trying to Zero beat Dan's frequency and I couldn't tell if I was being answered or not.? I'm sure?many others were thinking the same.? ?If Dan or any other fox sends a short CQ and the hounds?are right on top of the fox sending their call 2 or 3 times there is no way anyone knows if they are being answered. Please think before you embarrass?yourself by putting your call on the air where it's not wanted.?
On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 10:49?PM Mike Olbrisch via <mike-2025= [email protected]> wrote: After reading all of this, I feel fortunate that I made it in at all.? I could tell Dan was struggling with my call, so I repeated each element twice at about 23-WPM and when done he sent RR.? Later I saw his request for stations to QRS＃. But by this time I believed he had me correct in the log.? Dan wasn＊t posting to the Fritz-Map, so I＊ll have to wait to see if I should have made an insurance contact or if it all came through.
It was a good night for 40m in Far West Texas.? I have some improvements to my antennas in mind, perhaps it will help.? Monoband close-coupled dipole just for 80m, then a fan dipole for 60m 每 40m 每 30m.
? Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? ? ? ? Dan, you were heard here in Parker, CO. at 559 or better throughout the entire hunt.? You may not have been able to hear us, but there was a huge pack of hounds chasing you throughout the night.? Conditions just were not good at your end.? Thanks for sticking in there until the bitter end.? Being in Colorado I had no trouble hearing not only you, but callers all the way out to the east coast.? A very strange night. On Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 08:13:27 PM MST, Dan Presley via <n7cqr@...> wrote: I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃. ? A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split. More like a DXpedition.? Not fun But thank you for being a fox
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Mostly I agree.? This is JMHO＃＃.? IF - I have not gotten a FOX when they are split 每 when they go simplex I usually walk away.? It is too difficult to pick out who the FOX is calling when 6 hounds are still calling-calling-calling right on top the FOX.? But then, this is just a game, not an obsession.? At least not to me anyway.? If I miss a FOX, I＊ll still get to sleep in my bed that night and the sun will still rise in the East tomorrow.
Somebody said you need to hear them if you want to work them.? It is what it is. ? ? Vy73 ?每 ?Mike ?每 ?KD5KC 每 WRFF851 每 ?El Paso 每 Texas ?每 ?DM61rt. ? SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? The canyons are calling, colorful and deep. ?But I have promises to keep. And miles to go still in my Jeep...? ?And miles to go still in my Jeep... ? 
? ADVENTURE: ?The respectful pursuit of trouble.? ? An EXIT is really an ENTRANCE to someplace new. ? It isn＊t an ADVENTURE until something goes wrong! ? ? ? ?
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Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 10:32 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [qfox] Tonight? My thoughts, Certainly?there would have been more Qs had Dan sent up OR down...? My problem was that many were trying to Zero beat Dan's frequency and I couldn't tell if I was being answered or not.? I'm sure?many others were thinking the same.? ?If Dan or any other fox sends a short CQ and the hounds?are right on top of the fox sending their call 2 or 3 times there is no way anyone knows if they are being answered. Please think before you embarrass?yourself by putting your call on the air where it's not wanted.? ? On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 10:49?PM Mike Olbrisch via <mike-2025=att.net@groupsio> wrote: After reading all of this, I feel fortunate that I made it in at all.? I could tell Dan was struggling with my call, so I repeated each element twice at about 23-WPM and when done he sent RR.? Later I saw his request for stations to QRS＃. But by this time I believed he had me correct in the log.? Dan wasn＊t posting to the Fritz-Map, so I＊ll have to wait to see if I should have made an insurance contact or if it all came through.
It was a good night for 40m in Far West Texas.? I have some improvements to my antennas in mind, perhaps it will help.? Monoband close-coupled dipole just for 80m, then a fan dipole for 60m 每 40m 每 30m. ? Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? ? ? ? Dan, you were heard here in Parker, CO. at 559 or better throughout the entire hunt.? You may not have been able to hear us, but there was a huge pack of hounds chasing you throughout the night.? Conditions just were not good at your end.? Thanks for sticking in there until the bitter end.? Being in Colorado I had no trouble hearing not only you, but callers all the way out to the east coast.? A very strange night. On Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 08:13:27 PM MST, Dan Presley via <n7cqr@...> wrote: I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃. ? A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split. More like a DXpedition.? Not fun But thank you for being a fox
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On Feb 5, 2025, at 1:08?PM, Mike Olbrisch <mike-2025@...> wrote:
? Mostly I agree.? This is JMHO＃＃.? IF - I have not gotten a FOX when they are split 每 when they go simplex I usually walk away.? It is too difficult to pick out who the FOX is calling when 6 hounds are still calling-calling-calling right on top the FOX.? But then, this is just a game, not an obsession.? At least not to me anyway.? If I miss a FOX, I＊ll still get to sleep in my bed that night and the sun will still rise in the East tomorrow.
Somebody said you need to hear them if you want to work them.? It is what it is. ? ? Vy73 ?每 ?Mike ?每 ?KD5KC 每 WRFF851 每 ?El Paso 每 Texas ?每 ?DM61rt. ? SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? The canyons are calling, colorful and deep. ?But I have promises to keep. And miles to go still in my Jeep...? ?And miles to go still in my Jeep... ? 
? ADVENTURE: ?The respectful pursuit of trouble.? ? An EXIT is really an ENTRANCE to someplace new. ? It isn＊t an ADVENTURE until something goes wrong! ? ? ? ? ? My thoughts, Certainly?there would have been more Qs had Dan sent up OR down...? My problem was that many were trying to Zero beat Dan's frequency and I couldn't tell if I was being answered or not.? I'm sure?many others were thinking the same.? ?If Dan or any other fox sends a short CQ and the hounds?are right on top of the fox sending their call 2 or 3 times there is no way anyone knows if they are being answered. Please think before you embarrass?yourself by putting your call on the air where it's not wanted.? ? On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 10:49?PM Mike Olbrisch via <mike-2025=att.net@groupsio> wrote: After reading all of this, I feel fortunate that I made it in at all.? I could tell Dan was struggling with my call, so I repeated each element twice at about 23-WPM and when done he sent RR.? Later I saw his request for stations to QRS＃. But by this time I believed he had me correct in the log.? Dan wasn＊t posting to the Fritz-Map, so I＊ll have to wait to see if I should have made an insurance contact or if it all came through.
It was a good night for 40m in Far West Texas.? I have some improvements to my antennas in mind, perhaps it will help.? Monoband close-coupled dipole just for 80m, then a fan dipole for 60m 每 40m 每 30m. ? Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? ? ? ? Dan, you were heard here in Parker, CO. at 559 or better throughout the entire hunt.? You may not have been able to hear us, but there was a huge pack of hounds chasing you throughout the night.? Conditions just were not good at your end.? Thanks for sticking in there until the bitter end.? Being in Colorado I had no trouble hearing not only you, but callers all the way out to the east coast.? A very strange night. On Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 08:13:27 PM MST, Dan Presley via <n7cqr@...> wrote: I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃. ? A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split. More like a DXpedition.? Not fun But thank you for being a fox
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Milt K4OSO
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Take note guys-for the first 70 minutes of the hunt I sent ＆up＊ as part of my CQ fox message. It was only after very little success that I reverted to simplex. And-even when that happens the smart callers still spread out a bit. I＊ve been a fox since 1994 so not my first rodeo＃it was plain and simple the high noise issues I had that created the problem-not my operating technique.? Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
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On Feb 5, 2025, at 10:20, MILT k4oso via groups.io <k4oso@...> wrote:
? It might not rise to the ※life or death§ level but Hound or Fox＃all can benefit and learn from feedback.? On Feb 5, 2025, at 1:08?PM, Mike Olbrisch <mike-2025@...> wrote:
? Mostly I agree.? This is JMHO＃＃.? IF - I have not gotten a FOX when they are split 每 when they go simplex I usually walk away.? It is too difficult to pick out who the FOX is calling when 6 hounds are still calling-calling-calling right on top the FOX.? But then, this is just a game, not an obsession.? At least not to me anyway.? If I miss a FOX, I＊ll still get to sleep in my bed that night and the sun will still rise in the East tomorrow.
Somebody said you need to hear them if you want to work them.? It is what it is. ? ? Vy73 ?每 ?Mike ?每 ?KD5KC 每 WRFF851 每 ?El Paso 每 Texas ?每 ?DM61rt. ? SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? The canyons are calling, colorful and deep. ?But I have promises to keep. And miles to go still in my Jeep...? ?And miles to go still in my Jeep... ? <image003.jpg> ? ADVENTURE: ?The respectful pursuit of trouble.? ? An EXIT is really an ENTRANCE to someplace new. ? It isn＊t an ADVENTURE until something goes wrong! ? ? ? ? ? My thoughts, Certainly?there would have been more Qs had Dan sent up OR down...? My problem was that many were trying to Zero beat Dan's frequency and I couldn't tell if I was being answered or not.? I'm sure?many others were thinking the same.? ?If Dan or any other fox sends a short CQ and the hounds?are right on top of the fox sending their call 2 or 3 times there is no way anyone knows if they are being answered. Please think before you embarrass?yourself by putting your call on the air where it's not wanted.? ? On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 10:49?PM Mike Olbrisch via <mike-2025=att.net@groupsio> wrote: After reading all of this, I feel fortunate that I made it in at all.? I could tell Dan was struggling with my call, so I repeated each element twice at about 23-WPM and when done he sent RR.? Later I saw his request for stations to QRS＃. But by this time I believed he had me correct in the log.? Dan wasn＊t posting to the Fritz-Map, so I＊ll have to wait to see if I should have made an insurance contact or if it all came through.
It was a good night for 40m in Far West Texas.? I have some improvements to my antennas in mind, perhaps it will help.? Monoband close-coupled dipole just for 80m, then a fan dipole for 60m 每 40m 每 30m. ? Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? ? ? ? Dan, you were heard here in Parker, CO. at 559 or better throughout the entire hunt.? You may not have been able to hear us, but there was a huge pack of hounds chasing you throughout the night.? Conditions just were not good at your end.? Thanks for sticking in there until the bitter end.? Being in Colorado I had no trouble hearing not only you, but callers all the way out to the east coast.? A very strange night. On Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 08:13:27 PM MST, Dan Presley via <n7cqr@...> wrote: I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃. ? A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split. More like a DXpedition.? Not fun But thank you for being a fox
-- Milt K4OSO
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Dan, what seems to be the type/source of the noise? You've mentioned 'noise' as a problem in previous hunts so what's needed to cure the 'noise'? Pretty sure you can get lots of ideas from the group if the type/source of noise is identified.
Yes, last evening was total chaos. Your sigs were 539 to579 here in NW TN so should have been easy peasy.?
73 de n4mj//glenn
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On Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 12:59:20 PM CST, Dan Presley via groups.io <n7cqr@...> wrote:
Take note guys-for the first 70 minutes of the hunt I sent ＆up＊ as part of my CQ fox message. It was only after very little success that I reverted to simplex. And-even when that happens the smart callers still spread out a bit. I＊ve been a fox since 1994 so not my first rodeo＃it was plain and simple the high noise issues I had that created the problem-not my operating technique.? Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com? N7CQR@...
On Feb 5, 2025, at 10:20, MILT k4oso via groups.io <k4oso@...> wrote:
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It might not rise to the ※life or death§ level but Hound or Fox＃all can benefit and learn from feedback.? On Feb 5, 2025, at 1:08?PM, Mike Olbrisch <mike-2025@...> wrote:
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Mostly I agree.? This is JMHO＃＃.? IF - I have not gotten a FOX when they are split 每 when they go simplex I usually walk away.? It is too difficult to pick out who the FOX is calling when 6 hounds are still calling-calling-calling right on top the FOX.? But then, this is just a game, not an obsession.? At least not to me anyway.? If I miss a FOX, I＊ll still get to sleep in my bed that night and the sun will still rise in the East tomorrow.
Somebody said you need to hear them if you want to work them.? It is what it is. ? ? Vy73 ?每 ?Mike ?每 ?KD5KC 每 WRFF851 每 ?El Paso 每 Texas ?每 ?DM61rt. ? SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? The canyons are calling, colorful and deep. ?But I have promises to keep. And miles to go still in my Jeep...? ?And miles to go still in my Jeep... ? <image003.jpg> ? ADVENTURE: ?The respectful pursuit of trouble.? ? An EXIT is really an ENTRANCE to someplace new. ? It isn＊t an ADVENTURE until something goes wrong! ? ? ? ? ? My thoughts, Certainly?there would have been more Qs had Dan sent up OR down...? My problem was that many were trying to Zero beat Dan's frequency and I couldn't tell if I was being answered or not.? I'm sure?many others were thinking the same.? ?If Dan or any other fox sends a short CQ and the hounds?are right on top of the fox sending their call 2 or 3 times there is no way anyone knows if they are being answered. Please think before you embarrass?yourself by putting your call on the air where it's not wanted.? ? On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 10:49?PM Mike Olbrisch via <mike-2025=att.net@groupsio> wrote: After reading all of this, I feel fortunate that I made it in at all.? I could tell Dan was struggling with my call, so I repeated each element twice at about 23-WPM and when done he sent RR.? Later I saw his request for stations to QRS＃. But by this time I believed he had me correct in the log.? Dan wasn＊t posting to the Fritz-Map, so I＊ll have to wait to see if I should have made an insurance contact or if it all came through.
It was a good night for 40m in Far West Texas.? I have some improvements to my antennas in mind, perhaps it will help.? Monoband close-coupled dipole just for 80m, then a fan dipole for 60m 每 40m 每 30m. ? Vy73 - Mike - KD5KC. El Paso, Texas - DM61rt. SOTA W5T-Texas Association Manager. ? ? ? ? Dan, you were heard here in Parker, CO. at 559 or better throughout the entire hunt.? You may not have been able to hear us, but there was a huge pack of hounds chasing you throughout the night.? Conditions just were not good at your end.? Thanks for sticking in there until the bitter end.? Being in Colorado I had no trouble hearing not only you, but callers all the way out to the east coast.? A very strange night. On Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 08:13:27 PM MST, Dan Presley via <n7cqr@...> wrote: I was split for almost an hour with not hardly any success-so simplex was my only. Still calling＃. ? A cacophony of noise with everyone hammering on simplex.. no "up"?? when there were more than enough caller to warrant split. More like a DXpedition.? Not fun But thank you for being a fox
-- Milt K4OSO
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Mike Olbrisch